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COMMUNITY BASED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

CSCS 570
Course Description

Theoretical, critical, and analytical understanding and application of the conscious and systematic use of data, inquiry and analysis for community, organization and program diagnosis, intervention and evaluation in various community-based and nonprofit organizations.

Prerequisties

Junior standing, satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A requirement, and CSCS 300

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3

Offered

Spring

Grade Point Average
3.86

7.8% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

3.95% from Historical

A Rate
72.73%

6.2% from Historical

Class Size
11

-55.16% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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